Governing Regulations
6/14/2005
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member is not seriously jeopardized thereby, a change in the duties assigned to an individual may be made without such a change of assignment being regarded as a violation of the individual's tenure rights.
2.           Conditions of Employment
(a)          Terms of Assignment
Academic assignments are made on academic year (nine-month), ten-month, eleven-month, and twelve-month bases.
(b)          Vacation Leave
All full-time faculty members on a ten-month, eleven-month, or twelve-month assignment basis shall be entitled to twenty-two (22) working days of vacation leave with pay per assignment period. With prior administrative approval, faculty members may take vacation leave at appropriate times during the period in which they are eligible to take such leave; however, each faculty member shall be in actual attendance at least until after Commencement and until all reports have been made, and at least three (3) days prior to the first day of registration for the fall semester, unless for special reason leave is approved. Vacation leave normally cannot be accumulated from one assignment period to another, except that a faculty member on a twelvemonth assignment basis may take vacation leave either during the assignment period in which the vacation leave is earned or during the subsequent assignment period. Under unusual circumstances, provided it is in the best interest of the University and has advance approval by the Provost, a faculty member on a ten-month or an eleven-month assignment basis also may take unused vacation leave during the assignment period following that in which the vacation leave was earned. Pay for unused vacation leave shall be limited to a maximum of twenty-two (22) days at the end of employment.
(c)          Professional Practices (i)        General Policies
During their annual assignment period (whether academic year, ten months, eleven months, or twelve months) faculty members are expected to serve the University full-time. It is expected that they will be interested primarily in the work of their particular educational unit, giving their chief effort to the promotion of its needs.
A faculty member shall, under certain conditions, be permitted to engage, as an expert, in professional employment (consulting or professional practice) outside the University for pay. In general, any outside employment demanding more than purely spare-time effort must be substantially justified in terms of the contribution its performance can bring to the faculty member's pursuit of instruction, research, and service. Conditions under which such employment may be undertaken are as follows: